Comments on: Taxi Cab Deathmatch http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/08/17/taxi-cab-deathmatch/ At home with Jono Bacon, Community Manager and Author Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:57:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sarah http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/08/17/taxi-cab-deathmatch/comment-page-1/#comment-130644 sarah Sun, 31 May 2009 16:22:09 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1247#comment-130644 <p>Keep blogging, great job!</p> Keep blogging, great job!

]]> By: kims taxi http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/08/17/taxi-cab-deathmatch/comment-page-1/#comment-130273 kims taxi Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:21:50 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1247#comment-130273 <p>Great story, made me laugh. Ill be back, thanks.</p> Great story, made me laugh. Ill be back, thanks.

]]> By: James http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/08/17/taxi-cab-deathmatch/comment-page-1/#comment-130165 James Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:21:35 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1247#comment-130165 <p>Thanks for this, enjoyed the read, I must improve my blog like yours.</p> Thanks for this, enjoyed the read, I must improve my blog like yours.

]]> By: Cabs are Awesome, Unless They’re Not http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/08/17/taxi-cab-deathmatch/comment-page-1/#comment-125148 Cabs are Awesome, Unless They’re Not Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:56:26 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1247#comment-125148 <p>[...] Jono’s post about taxi cabs and close calls with death reminded me of how little hassle I’ve usually had with cab drivers. [...]</p> [...] Jono’s post about taxi cabs and close calls with death reminded me of how little hassle I’ve usually had with cab drivers. [...]

]]> By: tumbleweed http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/08/17/taxi-cab-deathmatch/comment-page-1/#comment-125120 tumbleweed Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:27:47 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1247#comment-125120 <p>Those Wolves cabs are something - when I was there for LRL2007, my cab got stoned by teenagers outside the chippie... I don't think <em>you</em> need to go too for for adventure.</p> <p>Made me feel a bit better about such occurrences back home in South Africa, (that we all try and pretend don't exist) :-)</p> Those Wolves cabs are something – when I was there for LRL2007, my cab got stoned by teenagers outside the chippie… I don’t think you need to go too for for adventure.

Made me feel a bit better about such occurrences back home in South Africa, (that we all try and pretend don’t exist) :-)

]]> By: Mark http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/08/17/taxi-cab-deathmatch/comment-page-1/#comment-125057 Mark Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:00:50 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1247#comment-125057 <p>It is widely rumored that a Ph.D. is required to drive cab in Madison, Wisconsin. This is incorrect. A Ph.D. is only necessary to work dispatch. Drivers only need a Masters.</p> It is widely rumored that a Ph.D. is required to drive cab in Madison, Wisconsin. This is incorrect. A Ph.D. is only necessary to work dispatch. Drivers only need a Masters.

]]> By: jono http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/08/17/taxi-cab-deathmatch/comment-page-1/#comment-125051 jono Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:55:43 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1247#comment-125051 <p>Vadim - oops, fixed. :)</p> <p>Mariano - no, no - I flew to Mar Del Plata from BA. No way would I get a cab, but I did get a cab from the Mar Del Plata airport to my hotel...driven by a guy who looked identical to Chris DiBona.</p> <p>Tiago - yeah I was there back in late October for a small conference attached to a huge LAN party. It was in Evora.</p> <p>Leonardo - not far off, dude.</p> Vadim – oops, fixed. :)

Mariano – no, no – I flew to Mar Del Plata from BA. No way would I get a cab, but I did get a cab from the Mar Del Plata airport to my hotel…driven by a guy who looked identical to Chris DiBona.

Tiago – yeah I was there back in late October for a small conference attached to a huge LAN party. It was in Evora.

Leonardo – not far off, dude.

]]> By: Henrique http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/08/17/taxi-cab-deathmatch/comment-page-1/#comment-125042 Henrique Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:39:17 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1247#comment-125042 <p>Oh that's great :smile:</p> <p>About Brazil: not just the cabs, a lot of people here seems to enjoy driving like crazy. You're lucky it was Porto Alegre, not São Paulo traffic, which is a hell...</p> Oh that’s great :smile:

About Brazil: not just the cabs, a lot of people here seems to enjoy driving like crazy. You’re lucky it was Porto Alegre, not São Paulo traffic, which is a hell…

]]> By: fede http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/08/17/taxi-cab-deathmatch/comment-page-1/#comment-125041 fede Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:27:10 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1247#comment-125041 <p>beeing from argentina myself you were very right in beeing afraid argentina have one of the highest marks in car accidents and deaths its quite crazy but ours cars are not small they are european size</p> beeing from argentina myself you were very right in beeing afraid argentina have one of the highest marks in car accidents and deaths its quite crazy but ours cars are not small they are european size

]]> By: Leonardo Fontenelle http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/08/17/taxi-cab-deathmatch/comment-page-1/#comment-125040 Leonardo Fontenelle Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:08:27 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1247#comment-125040 <blockquote>I was once in a cab with Matt Revell heading to Millbank when a cabby expressed his not-particularly-happy views about David Cameron (current leader of the Conservative party) and then underlined them with the fact that “he had heard” that David Cameron takes Cocaine in very, <i>very</i> unconventional way.</blockquote> <p>Do you mean suppositories? It's probably not that unconventional, because I already heard of people using that way. Supposedly, it doesn't leave any physical signs of the substance use.</p> I was once in a cab with Matt Revell heading to Millbank when a cabby expressed his not-particularly-happy views about David Cameron (current leader of the Conservative party) and then underlined them with the fact that “he had heard” that David Cameron takes Cocaine in very, very unconventional way.

Do you mean suppositories? It’s probably not that unconventional, because I already heard of people using that way. Supposedly, it doesn’t leave any physical signs of the substance use.

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